Car warrenties? are they worth it.
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Car warrenties? are they worth it.
I have prevously sold my sti 7 as the engine seized on it. I lost literally thousands as I couldnt afford at the time to repair it. I bought the car private so had no come back, it was only 6 weeks old. Im looking at getting another howver worried same might happen again. Are there any car warranty companies out there that cover everything, loss of engine, box etc.
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If you'd had the car six weeks, and the failure occurred on your first fill of Opti + Nitrox, what were you putting in the tank prior to the problem occurring?
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sul or optimax on its own, the car was missing like it was on 3 cylinders then on the drive down to the garage it just cut out. garage think the conrod went through the block. guttted
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Heard good things about Warranty-direct who I used on my Fiat Coupe (didn't have to claim though). Heard bad things about Warranty Holdings. Not exactly a comprehensive reply I'm afraid...
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Originally Posted by real_welshboy
sul or optimax on its own,
the car was missing like it was on 3 cylinders then on the drive down to the garage it just cut out. garage think the conrod went through the block. guttted
In any case, as this car's now gone, the most important thing is to make sure you do everything possible to avoid a repeat if you do get another import.
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I think Warranty Holdings which were owned by Ford have gone bust anyway.
Personally I'd say that the money you would save by not having a warranty would be better in the bank on the off chance that you "may" need it. I had a Warranty Holdings warranty for a few years, cost me way over a thousand quid and the list of things that were NOT covered was so big that I decided not to bother any more....
Its up to you, if you thrash the **** off your car and don't look after it then maybe a warranty would be a good thing, however if you look after it the a warranty could be a waste of money. Saying that though - even when you wrap the engine in cotton wool it could go pop, and then you may not be covered anyway - so its a lose lose situation.
Personally I'd say that the money you would save by not having a warranty would be better in the bank on the off chance that you "may" need it. I had a Warranty Holdings warranty for a few years, cost me way over a thousand quid and the list of things that were NOT covered was so big that I decided not to bother any more....
Its up to you, if you thrash the **** off your car and don't look after it then maybe a warranty would be a good thing, however if you look after it the a warranty could be a waste of money. Saying that though - even when you wrap the engine in cotton wool it could go pop, and then you may not be covered anyway - so its a lose lose situation.
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got a warrenty with the AA £90 per year 3 claims upto a grand a time, dont no how good there be, but worth it for that sort of money, you have to be a member car has to be standered under 10yrs and under 100,000 miles all cars covered, not sure about imports thou.
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Chris, I looked around the car and we can't fathom what's happened at the mo. Out of interest l'll post on here when I find out. Don't think it's thrown a rod as there's no oil everywhere. It seems to be in 2 gears so maybe the problem is gearbox - just guessing so we'll see when we look further.
Mechanical breakdown warranties are rubbish in the case of an imported car. We see many inspections before we rebuild customers engines and I could write the reports myself.
' Failure of lubrication or lack of oil causing mechanical failure through lack of maintenance.'
= is the usual wording.
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Save your money mate it's a total waste.
Mechanical breakdown warranties are rubbish in the case of an imported car. We see many inspections before we rebuild customers engines and I could write the reports myself.
' Failure of lubrication or lack of oil causing mechanical failure through lack of maintenance.'
= is the usual wording.
David API
Save your money mate it's a total waste.
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Real welshboy - where you from (and dont say wales )
I'm from Merthry - (well close) do you know it?
Also, currently own a 1999 turbo with a extended warrenty... AND i think its worth it!
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FROM http://www.subaru-impreza.org/ (Welsh owned )
I'm from Merthry - (well close) do you know it?
Also, currently own a 1999 turbo with a extended warrenty... AND i think its worth it!
Gareth
FROM http://www.subaru-impreza.org/ (Welsh owned )
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